https://futurism.com/neoscope/joe-rFor those who don't spend time in gay clubs, poppers may seem kind of mystifying. In reality, there's not a lot to them: it's a huffing liquid, often sold as "VHS cleaner" to get around legal loopholes, that's known to cause brief sensations of lightheadedness, euphoria, and — perhaps most notably — the relaxation of certain muscles including the anus.
Now, however, poppers are undoubtedly going to be brought back up in certain heterosexual circles by none other than DMT and steroid enthusiast-turned-podcaster Joe Rogan, who erroneously suggested that the huffing drug used for anal sex and quick dancefloor highs may contribute to the spread of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) — more so than, you know, the actual virus that causes it.
During his latest interview with Bret Weinstein, who has on several occasions taken to Rogan's show to spew his nonsense, the host seemed to be in agreement with his guest about the disconnect between the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and AIDS. Unfortunately, that bogus claim is not at all new, and is often used as a covert means of homophobia given that HIV denialists often blame gay sex and culture for the continued AIDS epidemic rather than governments around the world failing to treat it as a serious and deadly disease.
While discussing COVID-19, medical conspiracists' favorite topic for the last four years, the pair veered into another pandemic — namely, HIV/AIDS — as an "example" of knowledge being supposedly hidden from the public.
Specifically, Rogan and Weinstein were discussing a book about former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and presidential health advisor Anthony Fauci, who earlier in his career oversaw the US government's response to the HIV/AIDS crisis in the 1990s, when things took a decidedly wilder turn.